daily nebraskan
page 27
Wednesday, august 24, 1977
Men join search
for residence hall
temporary housing
By GaU Stork
Early this summer women wanting to live in UNL resi
dence halls were told they might not have a room this fall.
Now, men have joined them in the waiting line, accord
ing to a UNL official.
Since the first week of July, junior and senior men's
applications have been held in addition to a women's
waiting list which already was begun after June 28, said
Richard McKinnon, assistant director of. residential
education. ..
Men's housing usually is not a problem because many
men cancel their contracts when they join a fraternity and
can move tight into the house but women don't have this
option, he said. ;
Jayne Wade Anderson, coordinator" of fraternities,
sororities and cooperatives, said the Greek houses also wili
be filled to capacity this year. However, she said she
would not speculate on whether the housing situation had
anything to do with it.
McKinnon said the first 50 men on the waiting list re
cently have been given the option of temporary housing in
view of more anticipated cancellations.
McKinnon said the increased number of freshmen ad
mitted this year and the NU Board of Regent's require
ment that the housing office provide space for all fresh
men and sophomores less than 20 years old are part of the
tight situation. He said much of the increase follows the
national trend of the last two or three years to return to
the residence halls.
McKinnon's statistics show a yearly increase in
students applying for residence hall space, a growing
number of them upperclassmen.
He said he has had one upperclassman in his office
ever)" day for the past three weeks begging to go into
temporary housing.
McKinnon said the increasing cost of living, plus the
inconvenience of cooking, washing dishes and transpor
tation problems give the halls an edge over off-campus
housing. He also said his office is doing a much better
job programming, citing the food service and recreation
areas, mi
"Residence halls are becoming more attractive, while
off-campus housing is. becoming less (attractive) " he. said.
Preparations weremade in advance to accommodate
more of the " "overflow thai last year, according" to Mc
Kinnon. He said 44 new women's spaces were provided by
making one floor of Abel Hall coeducational while elim
inating all single rooms produced 130 new spaces.
He said the housing situation was predicted to be much
tighter, but his office has received 170 more cancellations
than anticipated. .
Richard Armstrong, vice chancellor of student affairs,
labeled the housing situation "a problem in a relative
sense.
"It's not that the dorms will be any more crowded
than last year, the problem is that so many students nad
to be turned away, he said.
McKinnon said women and foreign students make up
most of those turned away, but added there was no way
to estimate the number because many weren't even
allowed to fill out an application.
McKinnon said these students have been referred to
cooperatives, the International Student Office or to
families and friends in Lincoln. He said he thinks there are
enough spaces available off campus and most students will
find one rather than switch schools or not attend at all.
There arc no plans for new housing buildings now,
McKinnon said, because experts say high schools will have
much smaller graduating classes by the early 1980's and
college enrollment will be. way down. According to the
experts, the problem of more temporary housing may be a
temporary problem.
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